"Alright, I bet $50 they get together after we rescue Jamie!" North bellowed. Bunny winced and rubbed his ears a bit. Sandy made a $100 symbol above his head, then wrote after sunset today on a scrap piece of paper he had found in the sleigh.

"Ooh! I bet $200 that it'll be sometime tomorrow!" Tooth cried. Bunny smirked before he placed his own bet.

"$300 that it happens while they are gone and looking for the clue."

"Oh, please, Bunny. Do not be ridiculous," North said. And a few hours later, when Scarlett and Jack got back and told the group were dating, Tooth squealed and Sandy congratulated them.

When they went to sleep a few hours later, Bunny went and collected money from his fellow guardians with the young ones being none the wiser.


None of the older Guardians had planned to tell either Jack nor Scarlett about the bet. What the teens didn't know didn't hurt them. And it wasn't like the Guardians could really do anything with the money.

The only reason Spirits and immortal beings really had money was because a) Tooth needed it so she could give money to the children who lost their teeth and b) for random meaningless bets.

And, of course, betting on when Scarlett and Jack got together was a perfect excuse to bring out the useless money and make a harmless little bet. Never in a million years had the Guardians thought the young couple would ever find out. Of course, Tooth was the one to blab so maybe the others should've seen it coming. She wasn't exactly quiet.

In Tooth's defense though, she'd been talking to North and Bunny about it when Sophie was supposed to be asleep. No one could really blame her for not realizing the blonde had overheard everything.

So the next time the Guardians had gone to Jack's lake in Burgess to see the Bennett children, no one was expecting Sophie to run into Scarlett's arms and announce the following;

"They made a bet on you and Jack!"

Scarlett and Jack looked at one another in confusion. Jamie, who had already been told by Sophie about the bet, decided to clarify things for his two favorite teenagers.

"Sophie overheard Tooth saying something about her and the others making a bet over when you and Jack would get together. Sorry," Jamie sent an apologetic glance over at Tooth. He didn't like ratting them out but his sister had already spoken so there was no point in trying to pretend she hadn't.

"Oh really. First, you guys crash our date, and now this?" Jack asked coldly. If looks could kill...Jack decided that since his friends clearly hadn't learned their lesson from when they crashed his and Scarlett's date so he'd have to figure out a way to take care of that. *Reference from ROTG one-shots and drabbles, chapters 52, 56, & 57*

"Wait, when did they crash our date?" Scarlett just kept looking at everyone while her face grew redder by the second. "Nevermind. I don't want to know. But why'd you guys make a bet like that?"

"Tooth said you were a doorbell!" Sophie exclaimed. Scarlett smiled softly and picked up the young girl.

"I think you mean adorable. Now, what do you two want to do today?" Scarlett asked though she did send a pointed look at her fellow Guardians that clearly meant 'this is not over, not by a long shot'.


"I can't say that I'm shocked to hear about their bet. Bunny knew how I felt when Jamie and I had that tour at North's and Tooth wasn't far behind either."

Both Scarlett and Jack had dropped off the Bennett children after the rest of the Guardians had gone home (begrudgingly but Jack insisted). The teens had wanted some alone time to figure out what exactly they were going to do about the whole bet.

Honestly, neither of the Seasonals were that upset about the bet itself, just that their friends had gone behind their backs. And maybe a small part of Jack wished they had gotten some of the money too. Not that he'd admit that. Plus, he'd been dying to get Scarlett's help to prank someone, and this was the perfect opportunity.

"Yeah, and they all kind of knew right before Jamie's disappearance. I think that Bunny must've known we'd talk while we are at the museum or something like that," Jack guessed. "I'm kind of flattered that they care more about our lives than their own. I mean, the bet plus the whole spying on our date fiasco shows how invested they are in us."

"Speaking of the date, did you really get back at North by making him walk on legos?" Scarlett asked with an amused smile on her face. Jack smirked proudly and nodded.

"Yep. Made snow that lasted all day to keep Tooth locked up in her palace, and played that one song, 'Here comes the Sandman' on repeat so Sandy had to listen to it. Bunny hadn't gone so I let him off the hook. But now he's gotta be pranked too," Jack's eyes widened as he got a brilliant idea.

He glanced around to try and see if there was a stray elf or fairy who might've been sent to eavesdrop on the young couple. Despite the fact that the coast looked clear, he pulled Scarlett close and whispered in her ear conspiratorially.

"Now, here's what we're gonna do."


"I feel kind of bad doing this to Tooth," Scarlett whispered as she replaced Tooth's herbal tea packets with one that contained special powder Jack had gotten from April Fools. Jack and she were in the kitchen at Tooth Palace in the middle of the night, when almost every fairy was out and about leaving gifts for the kids.

Jack squeezed her hand before he finished pouring on of the packets into a pitcher, the powder becoming the same color as the herbal teas Tooth usually drank. "It'll wear off after a few hours. She'll be fine."

"I hope so. Speaking of hope, are we heading to the Warren after this?"

"Yep. We've taken care of everyone else. Did you bring the stuff from North's?" Jack asked. "My snow will take care of the rest but decorations will just make it so much better."

"I know. The prank for Bunny was my idea, Snowflake," Scarlett replied smugly. Jack rolled his eyes but pecked her cheek quickly before he jumped into the air. Tooth's plan wasn't as showy as the others, but he had a good feeling that she'd be just as furious as the others if not more so. Which made the prank totally worth it.

"Let's go, Beautiful. We've got a kangaroo in need of some Christmas spirit."


The next morning was interesting, to say the least. Sandy was the first to wake up (surprisingly) and he went about his day as usual by making a pot of coffee. See, a little known fact is that the Sandman can't drink caffeine. Sure, the guy has to work all night, but caffeine kept him awake for days, sometimes weeks. And Sandy would be the first to tell you how important sleep is.

'Hmm, the coffee tastes a little off this morning,' Sandy thought as he took a sip out of his mug. If anybody was curious, it was a pale shade of yellow with a picture of Sleep the dwarf *Disney reference* with the words 'five more minutes…' printed in a bright shade of blue underneath the dwarf. 'Oh well.'

Ten minutes later and Sandy had figured out what was wrong. His hands had begun to shake and he was bouncing on the balls of his feet as he walked. Somehow or another, his coffee had been replaced with caffeine. And the man made of golden sand had a pretty good idea as to who was to blame. Sandy felt so energetic, which might've been a good thing if he didn't have such a hard time paying attention to anything. It was like his attention-span had been reduced to three seconds.

He went from thinking about new dreams to going swimming around his island to shooting into the air and just flying around. It would be a good week and a half before the stuff wore off, and until then, Jack and Scarlett had a good laugh every time they saw the usually sleepy Guardian sipping back and forth as he acted like a little kid who'd had, well, caffeine.

Next up was Bunny. Boy, was he mad when he walked out of his cottage to see the entire Warren covered in a thin layer of snow. To avoid certain death, Scarlett and Jack had frosted all the plants, trees, and flowers to keep them from succumbing to the cold. And, as Scarlett discovered, she could put little bubbles of warmth around anything to keep it warm despite the environment.

But Jack hadn't stopped at just snow. He and Scarlett had decorated the Warren with Christmas lights, ornaments, cookies, candy canes, even strings of cranberries and popcorn along with the occasional gift box. Even the few eggs running around had elf ears stuck onto their sides and the golems were covered in wreaths.

"Oi! What the bloody heck?!" Bunny exclaimed as he raced around the Warren to see if the teens had spared any section. No, they did not. Then he came across one of the color dye rivers (frozen over) and caught his reflection. He was wearing a red Santa hat with holes made for his ears, a fake white beard, and one of those stereotypical red Santa jackets.

How Scarlett and Jack managed to get that stuff on him with the Pooka noticing was beyond him. All Bunny knew was that whatever glue they used to keep the beard on his face wouldn't come off for a good while (three and a half days to be exact). Plenty of time for his fellow Guardians to get some pictures of him.

He wasn't the only one to get his picture taken, though. Tooth, bless her heart, tried to keep her mouth shut so no one could get her picture, but in the end, at least ten photos had been taken of her and her new rainbow-colored teeth. She and her fairies all drank their tea in the morning, same as usual. But, just as Sandy had, Tooth thought there was something off about it.

After breakfast, Tooth went to brush her teeth when she saw what had happened to her pearly whites. Apparently, the powder Jack and Scarlett had added to the tea changed the color of teeth for twenty-four hours. At least the prank didn't last a week like Sandy's, which Tooth was extremely thankful for.

Her fairies, however, were not. They were not happy to see they had gotten mixed up in the whole prank mess despite not being a part of the bet. Scarlett felt bad and promised to not include them in the next prank. And as Jack said, there would be plenty more where that came from.

Which North realized as he cursed in Russian upon seeing his workshop. Apparently locking his door would do absolutely nothing to discourage the two mischievous teens. If he'd thought Jack was bad enough, now that he had Scarlett, the pranks would just get more and more creative.

North wasn't sure whether he was grateful that he hadn't had to deal with legos again or upset that his entire workshop was covered in Easter decorations. There were eggs everywhere, along with flowers and baskets filled with chocolate and other little treats. The toys had been put up in storage and all the yetis were just relaxing, painting eggs happily.

They'd been more than happy to help Jack and Scarlett, mostly so they didn't end up getting pranked like the fairies. So they'd helped make a large banner that they hung on the giant globe in the middle of the workshop. It was a bright shade of pink with the words 'Happy Easter!' written in blue and green.

And the elves were all dressed up in spring-themed clothes, with flower crowns on their heads instead of their usual hats. And they refused to serve anything but chocolate bars for five days, and the yetis helped back this up by hiding all the cookies from North.

Needless to say, all of the Guardians ended up feeling both embarrassed and guilty about their bet. After all, betting is a vice, right? They just had to pray that none of them would ever be on the receiving end of Jack and/or Scarlett's pranks again (though even the Man in the Moon couldn't make that miracle happen). And they (especially Tooth) were very grateful that no one had been there to see their embarrassing situations. Sure, the teens had gotten the aftermath on camera, but that was it. At least, they thought that was it.

What the Guardians didn't know was that Scarlett had gotten a few mini cameras that recorded them throughout the night, and had, in fact, caught everything. Though Jack and Scarlett did show Ash and River, that was it. Neither of the Seasonals wanted to humiliate their friends too much. Just enough to teach them a little lesson.

Oh, they showed April Fools the footage too, but that's a story for another day.


AN: And Bunny finally made an appearance. As did the other Guardians. I've been wanting to write this scene since I wrote that one chapter in Autumn's Orphan (Chapter 21, Dealing With Bets) so I included part of said chapter in this one-shot. Also, as I stated earlier, this chapter included references from my other story, ROTG one-shots and drabbles. I hope you guys enjoyed! Until next time...

- Kitkat Out!